Question

Which concept would states’ rights advocates have supported during the 1860 presidential election?

Answer 1

Answer

During the 1860 presidential election, states' rights advocates would have supported the idea of popular sovereignity.

This position established that each American State could determine the legality or illegality of slavery in its territory, instead of that Congress decided in a centralized manner for each of the states of the Union.

Answer 2

Answer:

doctrine of popular sovereignty

Explanation:

The state's rights advocates would have supported the doctrine of popular sovereignty. Popular sovereignty argued that states should have the right to self-determination on the question of slavery and was applied in the 1850 Compromise to some of the new territories.